Tuesday 21 June 2011

First blog post

So here it is...my first ever post in my first ever blog!

So - who am I and what do I do? I am the librarian at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge and have been in post for almost 11 years. I am a solo librarian - although I do get some assistance from other members of staff on an ad-hoc basis. The library is a small, specialist research library that serves the needs of visiting scholars in the mathematical sciences.

I am taking part in CPD 23 things because I hope to learn a lot about myself in the next 15 weeks and also learn from colleagues in the library world.

I am really looking forward to investigating the 23 things with the weekly structure. I know from experience that unless I have targets and schedules for researching topics then it will probably not get done!
I am a bit worried that I might not have enough to say to keep this blog worth reading - but I'm ready to give it a try!